FACULTY

Ernesto Alvarado

Ernesto Alvarado

Research Associate Professor
Wildland fire science; Fire ecology and management; Combustion and fire behavior; Carbon emissions; Fire and climate change; Quantitative modeling; International forestry
http://faculty.washington.edu/alvarado

Office: Bloedel 332
Phone: 206-616-6920 
Email: alvarado@u.washington.edu

Graduate Interest Group(s): FOREST ECOLOGY, FOREST SYSTEMS AND BIOENERGY, SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

B.S., Agricultural Engineering with a minor in plant protection, Universidad Autonoma Chapingo, Chapingo, Mexico, 1980.
M.S., Silviculture and Forest Management, Postgraduate College, Chapingo, Mexico, 1986.
Ph.D., Wildland Fire Sciences, University of Washington, 1992.

Courses Taught:
CFR 535 Fire Ecology (3)
ESRM 420 Wildland Fire Management (5)
Current Sponsored Research:
Integration of fuels, fires, and vegetation software tools to improve assessments of landscape-scale fire hazard
Wildland Fuel and Fire Management in a Changing Climate